| Common name | Grand hippocampe |
| Language | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | New Caledonia |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Leblic, I. and M.-H. Teulières, 1987 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Grand' from Latin 'grandis' (p. 351 in Ref. 9404); 'hippocampe', 'hippo', i.e., horse, from Greek 'hippos' and 'campe', i.e., sinuosity, from Greek 'kampê' (see also 'Hippocampe'; p. 372 in Ref. 9404). |